Wetland vegetation of the lower Orinoco Delta plain (Venezuela): A preliminary approach

Amazoniana

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 35-61

  Vegas Vilarrubia T ^a   Ponce, M E ^b   Gomez O ^c   Mora, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Edif Geohidra   (Venezuela)

^c Gerencia Corporativa de Ambiente e Higiene Ocupacional   (Venezuela)

^d Environmental Managemen Office   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Mangrove; Maur itia sp.; Meadow; Natural resources; Swamp forest

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ETHNOBOTANY; FLORA; HERB; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MANGROVE; MEADOW; MONOCOTYLEDON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHRUBLAND; SWAMP; VEGETATION MAPPING; WETLAND;

BOLIVAR [VENEZUELA]; DELTA AMACURO; GUAYANA; ORINOCO DELTA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ARACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; LAGENOCARPUS GUIANENSIS; ORCHIDACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 39749196259     PISSN: 00656755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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